Two years after acquiring Gamestation, Blockbuster is looking to
divest itself of the UK's second largest video game chain. The movie rental giant has fallen on hard times and is on
the verge of bankruptcy after reporting a Q3 loss in excess of $490 million. Blockbuster management is looking to
return the company's focus to their core rental business and jettison non-core operations such as Gamestation, Rhino
Games, and Game Rush stores.
But is the rental market tapped out at this point? Are gamers more interested in buying used games for a longer experience, or is one weekend enough to get your fix? Even Best Buy is testing the secondhand market to get a piece of the double-dipping action popularized by the likes of EB and GameStop. Let us know what you think.
